Collectible GI Joe: An Official Guide to His Action-Packed World [Hardcover]

Derryl Depriest (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1999

Pop-culture fans and nostalgia buffs will covet this authoritative guide to buying, selling, and displaying the real American hero, GI Joe "RM" . Since 1964, GI Joe "RM" has changed his persona to reflect the times. "The Collectible GI Joe "RM" chronicles the pop icon's evolution through several campaigns of figures, vehicles, and weapons.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Courage Books; 1st edition (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762405368
• ISBN-13: 978-0762405367
• Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 9.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #423,687 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't have this book....you don't know Joe, December 17, 1999

By 

Aaron Luck (Fort Stewart, Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collectible GI Joe: An Official Guide to His Action-Packed World (Hardcover)

Tired of skimming through the "rest" of the books about GI Joe, your long time pal and friend? We all were. Joe was reduced to doll duty as a uniform display stand. It wasn't the Joe I remembered from my childhood. If it was the Joe you grew up with, its not too late, become a kid now.

Derryl puts Joe in his element. He is fighting the White Tiger (not putting a collar on him for tracking), exploring the ends of the earth, capturing the Intruders, and generally having a great time being Joe. Great photos of Joe in action poses - no stiff, lifeless lump of plastic here, Joe really comes to life.

Top off the excellent photos and most accurate price guide available (real value, not the inflated list that antique dealers like to wring out of you) with a very witty storyline and history of Joe. Derryl isn't just smart, he is even pretty funny.

Derryl knows Joe. He is an active part of the current Joe collector community. He is available to hundreds and thousands of collectors and is the final source for many of us about variations and general Joe knowledge.

If you buy this book, you can't go wrong. I liked this one so much I bought two. I use one almost daily in my collecting, and the other is a great coffee table book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A definitive "Boomer" book, full of fun photos & facts, October 28, 1999

By 

Monica Smith (Mountain View, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collectible GI Joe: An Official Guide to His Action-Packed World (Hardcover)

Chances are, even if you played with GI Joe as a kid, you've never seen him like this. Joe battling the great ape, Joe on the tarmac at sunset, Joe exploring the undersea cave ... The beautiful color images by (uncredited) photographer Curtis Fukuda, combined with the authoritative narrative by collector Derryl DePriest, make this collector's guide feel more like a childhood adventure. A wonderful gift not just for collectors, but for anyone with a sense of fun and nostalgia.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget the rest this is the best book ever written on GI Joe, November 2, 1999

By 

Barry Kay (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collectible GI Joe: An Official Guide to His Action-Packed World (Hardcover)

I have been collecting GI Joe figures and accessories for a long time, and I have seen every book that has been written on the subject. Derryl DePriest's new book is by far, the most informative, well-written book ever done. Curt Fukuda's photography is stunning, and it is nice to see the figures posed in ACTION, rather then the stiff mannequins that we see in so many other books. The text is witty and informative and the price guide is the first "honest and fair" guide to vintage GI Joe that I have ever seen. So many "collectible" books are incomplete or slanted by the views and opinions of the authors, but this book treats all items equally and it shows. There is none of the bias towards 60's era GI Joe or disregard for the 70's era GI Joe's that are normally found in GI Joe books. Forget the rest, this is the best.